Oooh, I'm with Elliot on this one. I mean, really. I get all warm and fuzzy inside when he's on the screen :DAlways loved Christian Kane, since the early days of "Angel", so maybe I'm biased.
And the second place goes to Parker, definitely.

Oh, gosh, that's a hard question. It's so hard to chose. I looooove Elliot and Hardison, and Parker is just hilarious.
Sophie and Nate are kinda cool I guess, but they really don't compare to the other three.

tough call. the person i find the most interesting (so, the one i pay the most attention to) is Parker. i love her personality, right down to her awkward social moments, and i always cant wait to see what she does next. but, the person i like the most is Hardison. i love his whole cocky yet skill backed attitude, and i especially like his little back and forth with Elliot. "Age of the geek baby!"

Parker fan ("You do know that we can hear you, right?") who started this discussion.
The characters are so distinct and unique it's easy to love one or more. It's really character driven because the viewer identifies with one or more. Which bodes well for the show. Hardison is my second favorite. What's interesting is that probably the two most prominent characters (Sophie and Nate) are not necessarily the favorites. I mean really, don't you figure Elliot can kick anybody's butt and save the day? We tune in to see the antics of the others! At least I do.

uh, well, the dynamic thats set up, if compared to a VARY typical 3 child family unit, is actually quite painfully common. theoretically, we should be identifying with the 'child' we're most akin to ('cuz how much you wanna bet most of us secretly see ourselves as kids, even if we aren't).
Dad's the smartest (relatively), and a bit of a mystery in the way he thinks (at least to the kids). he also is the strong moral authority figure. Mom, encourages the others, especially their creative side, and works on improving them when she can. she usually is smart in a different way then dad, but no less effective at obtaining what she needs.
then there's the children, and i bet some of you know siblings like this: the eldest child is the smartest (being the one the other kids look to for answers), where the middle child often excels at athletics (it being a field the more typically intellectual child neglects) and the third child, having neither field to pioneer, tends to act out, or be an odd ball. now, who's gonna tell me that ain't our favorite team's basic set up? so it kinda makes sense that no one likes Sophie and Nate, i mean, who likes the parents at the party?

The Actress playing Sophie is pregnant but the character won't be.Now Favorite CharacterThats a hard one because for me what is so great is how they interact with each other, It comes down to Parker Hardison or Elliot I love those three and their interactions. I have to second NGrady's comparison to a family unit with Nate and Sophie as parents but I maintain that Elliot is the Big Brother with Hardison playing the middle child and Parker of course is our youngest. to quote muffcats "Hardison is the little brother Elliot never ever wanted". Okay favorite character I have to go with Hardison because I have a thing for geeks ("I’m just remote accessing a plane’s electrical system from 3000 miles away. You know what? If you were a geek, you would be really turned on by this" We are,trust me, we are)